The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-15
GEORGIA AND OHIO.
Methods and Profits of Farming
in the Two States.
GREEN GRASS AND SCENTED HAY

GREEN GRASS AND SCENTED HAY
AMERTcUs, Ga, November 1.-[Special. ]
Last summer, after visit TO Ohio, publish
ed in the Americas Recorder q short article
giving some comparative figures as to the pro-
fit OF farming in Georgia and Ohio, which ar
ticle was extensively copied, and excited such
| favorable comment that / thought series OF
| articles giving more extended comparisons,
might be productive OF some good both north
and south; and when to this thought was
added your request that such articles should
be prepared for The Constitution, saw an
opportunity for reaching many more farmers,
both north and SOUTH that could not be re-
sisted.
Being a native Of Ohio and having spent
eight years on a farm in that state, / have had
ample opportunity for acquainting myself with
the methods OF farming in that section; while
residence of six years in southwest Georgia,
the richest agricultural section of our state,
! has familiarized me with the methods pursued
| by our farmers.
In writing these articles ! have n double
purpose in view--to show our farmers, if
can, how they may improve their methods and
incrcase their profits, and to call the attention
Of northern farmers to the many advantages
possessed by Georgia in soil and climate, and
to show them that even with our poor methods
farming in Georgia, as an investment, is more
profitable than in the most highly cultivated
fields Of the north Being more familiar with
its soft, climate and methods Of farming my
comparisons, 50 far as Georgia is concerned,
will be drawn from southwest Georgia, and
Sumter county in particular
About the first ques ION which an Ohio
farmer asks when he gets into Georgia is:
"Can you raise grass"
And the almost inyariable answer by the
Georgia farmer is mo"
Standing in the midst of a cotton-field,
where it was Il debatabe question as to which
was the highest the grass or the cotton, with
the chances Il little in favor OF the grass, both
the question and the answer are ludicrous.
And yet the question and the answer are both
natural.
The Ohio farmer has been accustomed to
the meadows Of his state wherein clover and
timothy arc carefully cultivated for hay and
paSturagC.
The absence of these grass fields in Georgia
prompts his question.
The Georgia farmer understands him. He
also understands grass to mean cloyer and
timothy, from which is made the hay he buys
from northern markets. The "crab" grass
and "crow-fo0t," which surrounds him he con-
sders only as noXious weed, that threatens
the ruin of his cottOd crop. lIo has been aC-
eustelaed to tight them early ana late as tho
most deadly foes to his prosperity and he can
see no good in them. So deadly is his hatred
Of this grassy foe, lac will not even allow a
sprig of il TO grow in his door yard, which
GaZzles the eye with its white sand.
As the Georgian hates grass, so did the Ohio
farmers ancestors, hate trees. Having to hew
their farms out of the forests, they 80 hated
the sight of a tree that they would not allow
one TO stand within sight of the house, and
their treeless yards were rs uninyiting as the
CRASHES yards of the Georgian. Tho Ohioan
of today plants trees in his door-yard and in
his fields, and the farmer OF southwest Georgia
is beginning TO realize the value of grass, and
it win be but few years when the clover fields
of Sumter county will rival in beauty and fra
GRANGE those of Ohio
Six years ago the sight Of q load Of hay on
the streets of Americus was OF sufficient rarity
to attract general attention, And such hay as
it WAS! A few dozen armfuls OF old dead crab
grass pulled up by the roots, the dirt scarcely
shaken or OF It, The whole toad wOuldu't
weigh hundred pounds. and thore wasn't
enough nourishment in II to make IA meal TO-
n calf
Now there is scarcely day passes that you
cannot see upon the streets one or more loads
of hay. And it Is hay! Green, soft, sweet
smelling and nutritious. IL was only with the
bloom and the dew on. when its stems were
filed to the full with sweet juices and its
leaves wore their brightest hue of green. And
this same crab-grass hay is better than any
timothy that ever grew in Ohio. for which our
farmers used to pay thirty dollars per ton.
What hai brought about this change?
upns Of tbe Recordor. niIcd liz. the snnr Of
NECESSITY. II was NO snldrn conyrrs;on and
nv no means , wholrgalc ono even vol Rut
the saed il gown and lhe crnn l. erov,ino
Is hay raising profitable i'll Georgia?
vour own drdurtjnns
Abont the tjrst int If h,v made IN Sup,tor
,,,,,,,,, f,, liza, ,,,,,i ~. 800, - ~ -.
ny;sing ~o,,,, f"r,n", fl ro ,',s 300 N Ia
ioiisnd ~ Ii,7 ,'a,, ti,,os Nam l """
a'S on ,n, ~ ,', ~, ',, '"}
w." not I"la1 III hntt f',la ,,',, 'o','
- III -, az $3.50, ' ~ :" i' ~ "''lt
nv 10y ~ ~ vi, Nv w ~ IN
So ~ az Nv a. 49, y ''aiS u - ~
~, ,,V ~ 80 .',.Oh 90 "''S Ui 'Vs p9VN
nc W"i''1H ~ Si'o" nov |" NAM may OIL IL
e"'o Hi'l ttc nV'e>N''A "iiVt"'hS, ui'u
ilco.u , lio iiiul' 81 hlli ot wv nay Ul''u lRe
heNl january, Wheh , was passing IN front oil
q prov ,siun Soy "n" my 3''th'ioh was at
,f 20 SoiNT o"loS Ui Pe.tN"'VIE me nay
pom lu4u'lN ! iuu'G ul'' u was mlue ny my
e ll5 IprisluE NounS turner, ana mat ne hau
soy seven huhVfou uoinS worm OF H. AT
.-,i''s uol'"lS re, ION Now 1 uoh know
nov MANY ot'US tn'ro were III lhRt netu' oul
u w, Know WA! 'ha' seven huhufea collars was
a'I oiear prol''' eNSel. no' 10 SNe.ed my DOL
l'IS iol eAlieiisu VI cutting ana lahg'
hWN ! 1hH NlNN NuN HohiV 't"HVI inquiries IMAM